News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

A high-quality picture has been published, presumably, of a prototype of a modernized version of the Su-30SM fighter, built at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ) - a branch of PJSC Irkut Corporation (as part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation). The aircraft is unpainted, but it bears the identification marks of the Russian Aerospace Forces and at the same time the atypical tail number "001 red".

The head of the US space agency, Bill Nelson, said that two new directorates will appear instead of one structural unit

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is reorganizing its manned flight program, creating two new directorates instead of one structural unit, one of which will focus on research beyond Earth's orbit, including a flight to Mars.

The crew commander of the first main expedition to the station, William Shepard, said that the ISS could not have been in orbit without the participation of Russia

The International Space Station (ISS) would not have been able to be in orbit if Russia had not participated in this project.

The members of the council noted the need to use the potential of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos reported

The participants of the meeting of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos and the Bureau of the RAS Council for Space, held on Tuesday by video conference, supported the program of scientific research that is planned to be carried out on board the Luna-25 automatic station. This was reported to TASS in the state corporation.

The Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos recommended that work on the creation of a technical project for a new orbital station be included in the Federal Space Program-2025

The Bureau of the RAS Space Council recommended that Roscosmos submit proposals to the government on the need to create a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the authorities of all countries of the world to tighten control over artificial intelligence. She believes that some developments in the field of AI may violate human rights.

The head of the planetary division of the department, Lori Glaze, noted that this region for landing was not only the most interesting from the point of view of science, but also the most convenient from the point of view of maintaining communication with the Earth.

We are talking about small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of vessels

Sputnix (a resident of Skolkovo) plans to launch small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of ships (AIS), in the first quarter of next year. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

Submarines of the Varshavyanka type (projects 877 and 636) began to be called "black holes" because of the appearance of a new main rowing electric motor, from which the submarines became almost silent, Andrei Baranov, deputy General Director of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) "Rubin", said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The strategic cruiser "Alexander Nevsky" of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), after successfully completing tasks at sea, returned to its permanent base in Kamchatka. This was reported by the press service of the fleet on Tuesday, September 21.

About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

The Chinese media highly appreciated the new AK-12 assault rifle, which entered service with the Russian army. "Everyone is talking about hypersonic missiles, but few people remember that Russian infantrymen have an AK-12 assault rifle. And this is a significant update, " writes Sohu.

In the Kurgan region, the Khokhlovskoye field began to extract uranium using digital technology. It helps to remotely monitor the process and monitor its environmental friendliness.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the landing site of the VIPER rover on the Lunar surface in 2023, according to the office's website.

The hydrographic vessel "Horizon" under the command of Vitaly Khopryachkov returned to the base of the hydrographic vessels of the Northern Fleet – the village of Mishukovo – from a one-and-a-half-month Arctic campaign.

Modern 7.62 and 5.45 mm AK-12 submachine guns continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces. Since the beginning of the year, new submachine guns have been delivered to the combined arms units of the Eastern, Western and Southern military districts.

The Russian complex of active protection (KAZ) of armored vehicles "Arena-M" can repel an attack from any direction. The system received a modern radar and maneuverable ammunition for destroying an attacking projectile. The features of the complex were revealed by the head of the development and design department of the Kolomna KBM, Vladimir Kharkiv, on the air of the Zvezda TV channel.

In Kerch, at the B. E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant, a solemn launch of the small Askold rocket ship of the Karakurt project 22800 took place. The ceremony was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. Askold is the second ship built at the Kerch enterprise.

The Boeing Corporation presented the appearance of the LRAAM air — to-air missile. It has a two-stage design and can hit air targets at a very long range.

The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.